Cyber Daily: Attacks Prompt Car Makers and Suppliers to Prep Intelligence-Sharing Plans
Recent cyberattacks on car makers and suppliers have stopped production and knocked tech systems offline. Kia Motors America was hacked this year.
November 8, 2021
Auto-Safety Regulator Questions Tesla Over Driver-Assistance Software
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is scrutinizing the electric-car maker over its recent software update and its use of nondisclosure agreements.
Rebecca Elliott
October 13, 2021 11:38 am ET
Appeared in the Oct 14, 2021
U.S. Senators Urge FTC to Probe Tesla’s Autopilot Claims
Two Democratic lawmakers fault Tesla and Elon Musk for “repeated overstatements” of vehicle capabilities.
Rebecca Elliott
Driver-Assistance Crashes Attract Closer U.S. Scrutiny
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered stricter reporting of serious crashes involving driver-assistance and automated-driving systems.
Matt Grossman
June 29, 2021 01:41 pm ET
Appeared in the Jun 30, 2021 , print edition as 'Driver-Assistance Crashes Get Scrutiny'
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How Electric, Self-Driving Cars and Ride-Hailing Will Transform the Car Industry
The era launched by Henry Ford more than a century ago is coming to an end, and the big question is whether the U.S. can keep up with China in the new race. Welcome to the world of AutoTech.
Daniel Yergin
Author: Sean McLain
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on February 12, 2020
Author: David Shepardson
Publisher: The Washington Post on February 9, 2020
Author: Ian Duncan
Publisher: The Washington Post on February 8, 2020
Author: Ian Duncan
Publisher: The Washington Post on January 31, 2020
Author: Jeanne Whalen
Publisher: The Washington Post on January 19, 2020
Authors: Dylan Tokar and Colin Kellaher
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on January 15, 2020
Authors: Tom Metcalf and Yuko Takeo
Publisher: Bloomberg on January 11, 2020
Author: Yuri Kageyama
Publisher: The Christian Science Monitor on January 9, 2020
Author: Carlie Porterfield
Publisher: Forbes on January 9, 2020
Author: Julia Horowitz
Publisher: CNN Business on January 8, 2020
Author: Richard Lough
Publisher: Rueters on January 8, 2020
Author: Geoffrey A. Fowler
Publisher: The Washington Post on January 5, 2020
Author: Letters to the Editor
Publisher: The Washington Post on January 2, 2020
Author: Charles Lane
Publisher: The Washington Post on December 31, 2019
Author: Aldous Walker LLP
Publisher: Aldous Walker LLP on December 13, 2019
Authors: Ahiza Garcia and Sara O'Brien
Publisher: CNN Business on December 6, 2019
Summary: Uber released its highly-anticipated safety report on Thursday revealing, among other details, that it received 5,981 reports of sexual assault in 2017 and 2018. Among those, there were 464 reports of rape.
Author: Mike Colias
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on December 5, 2019
Summary: General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem plan to build a large battery factory in Ohio, the latest example of an auto maker plowing money into electric cars. Appeared in the December 6, 2019, print edition as 'GM Alliance To Power Up Electric Cars.'
How electric cars might cost jobs
Authors: Eli Rosenberg and Faiz Siddiqui
Publisher: The Washington Post on November 20, 2019
Author: Eli Rosenberg
Publisher: The Washington Post on November 19, 2019
Authors: Mike Pierides and A. Benjamin Klaber
Publisher: MorganLewis on November 7, 2019
Authors: Takashi Mochizuki, Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 8, 2019
Summary: CEO Elon Musk’s behavior has rattled some top executives at Panasonic, and both sides are pointing fingers about production. “If the Gigafactory project doesn’t succeed, we would both fail.” Appeared in the October 9, 2019, print edition as 'Tesla Rattles Its Battery Maker.'
Author: Heather Somerville
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 2, 2019
Summary: Tesla delivered a record number of cars in the third quarter, but faces the pressure of topping that number in the next three months to meet its full-year target. Appeared in the October 3, 2019, print edition as 'Delivery Goal Looms Over Tesla.'
Author: France24
Publisher: France24 on September 30, 2019
Author: Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson
Publisher: The Washington Post on September 7, 2019
Summary: Critics call Justice Dept's probe of emissions deal a politicized attack
Note: Print title varies from online title, "Justice Dept. launches antitrust probe of automakers over their fuel efficiency deal with California"
Author: Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson
Publisher: The Washington Post on September 6, 2019
Author: Dave Michaels
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on August 16, 2019
Summary: A federal judge ordered Volkswagen and the SEC to seek a settlement over allegations the auto maker defrauded U.S. investors, rather than continue an expensive legal fight.
Author: Greta Guest
Publisher: University of Michigan News on July 31, 2019
Author: Max Bernhard
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on July 31, 2019
Summary: German prosecutors have filed charges against Rupert Stadler, the former chief executive of premium car maker Audi, in connection with parent Volkswagen’s diesel-emissions scandal.
Author: Dave Michaels
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on July 9, 2019
Summary: The auto maker dragged out a probe into whether it defrauded bond investors who weren’t told about its efforts to cheat on diesel-emissions tests, the SEC says. Appeared in the July 9, 2019, print edition as 'Volkswagen Slowed Bond Investigation, SEC Says.'
Authors: Josh Wingrove, Nick Wadhams and Shannon Pettypiece
Publisher: Automotive News on June 7, 2019
Author: Graham Rapler
Publisher: Business Insider on May 29,2019
Author: Law360
Publisher: Law360 on May 8, 2019
Author: Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on May 16, 2019
Summary: Tesla’s driver-assistance feature was active and the driver’s hands weren’t detected on the wheel during a fatal crash in March, U.S. safety investigators said, a finding that could amp up scrutiny of the car maker’s Autopilot system. Appeared in the May 17, 2019, print edition as 'Tesla Autopilot Was On in Crash.'
Authors: Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on May 7, 2019
Summary: Lyft’s ride-hailing app will soon begin offering rides from self-driving cars operated by Waymo in suburban Phoenix, in what would be one of the bigger commercial deployments of robot taxis so far.
Authors: Allison Prang, Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on May 3, 2019
Tesla is looking to raise as much as $2.3 billion through a bond sale and public offering of its shares, after a worse-than-expected quarter heightened concerns about the company’s cash on hand. Appeared in the May 3, 2019, print edition as 'Tesla Eyes $2.3 Billion Via a Bond, Stock Sale.'
Authors: Dave Michaels, Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on April 26, 2019
Summary: Elon Musk reached a deal with U.S. regulators that would eliminate the risk of him being held in contempt for allegedly violating an earlier court order over his use of Twitter. Appeared in the April 27, 2019, print edition as 'Musk, SEC Strike Deal on Tweeting.'
Authors: Allison Prang, Mike Colias
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on April 26, 2019
Summary: The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into how Ford Motor certifies its vehicles to meet U.S. emissions standards, adding to the list of challenges facing Chief Executive Jim Hackett as he engineers a turnaround plan for the No. 2 U.S. auto maker.
Appeared in the April 27, 2019, print edition as 'Ford Faces U.S. Probe Of Emissions.'
Author: Patrick Thomas
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on April 8, 2019
Summary: The auto maker will pay $110 million to settle a longstanding lawsuit alleging that the company misled U.S. investors regarding safety concerns and excess diesel emissions, according to court documents. Appeared in the April 9, 2019, print edition as 'Car Maker to Settle Investors’ Lawsuit.'
Author: Kristin Broughton
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on March 12, 2019
Summary: Executives from Novartis and Volkswagen discussed improving company culture after compliance setbacks, and the changing role of the compliance officer, during a panel discussion.
Authors: Mike Colias, Stephen Nakrosis
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on February 21, 2019
Summary: Ford Motor said it will investigate its processes for U.S. emissions certification compliance after a group of employees raised concerns about its analytical modeling. Appeared in the February 22, 2019, print edition as 'Ford to Probe Its Processes For Emissions Compliance.'
Authors: Max Bernhard
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on February 6, 2019
Summary: Daimler lowered employee bonuses and cut its dividend for the first time in years after profits dropped by almost a third in 2018, hit by trade tensions, emissions issues and increased investment in technology.
Author: Kurt Ernst
Publisher: Hemmings Classic Car on February 1, 2018
Summary: The museum’s Board of Directors voted 3-1 in favor of closing the museum and liquidating its collection of 50-plus Hudson, Essex, Terraplane, and Railton automobiles.
Authors: Mike Colias, Timothy Puko
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on January 10, 2019
Summary: Fiat Chrysler will spend up to $800 million to settle allegations that it used “defeat devices” to pass emissions tests.
Author: David Mchugh
Publisher: Detroit News on October 16, 2018
Author: Larry E Van Zandt
Publisher: Drivetribe
Summary: A local man was only slightly injured after colliding with a large delivery truck full of feminine hygiene products.
Author: Roger Parloff
Publisher: Fortune on February 6, 2018
Author: Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on January 8, 2018
Summary: Despite excitement about self-driving vehicles, a tough road to business success amid struggles over regulation and technology limitations.
Author: Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on January 5, 2018
Summary: In the race to develop driverless cars, Volkswagen and Hyundai Motor are placing bets on a Silicon Valley startup founded a year ago by the former leaders of autonomous vehicles at Google and Tesla.
Authors: David George-Cosh, Jacquie McNish
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on December 19, 2017 (Online)
Summary: Having abandoned production of its once-ubiquitous smartphones, BlackBerry is betting its future on a business that makes software for next-generation driverless cars.
Author: Mike Spector
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on December 16, 2017 (Online) and December 18, 2017 (Print)
Summary: General Motors faces a potential payout of $1 billion in stock to address claims related to its ignition-switch crisis, depending on the outcome of a looming trial.
Author: Chester Dawson
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on December 14, 2017 (Online)
Summary: The clunky key fob needed to enter or start cars could be joining the cassette player and other outdated components in the automotive history books.
Authors: Mike Colias, Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on December 6, 2017 (Online) and December 7, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Ford plans to produce a future electric car in Mexico, reversing plans announced in January to make its Flat Rock, Mich., assembly plant its main electric-vehicle production site.
Author: Sean O'Kane
Publisher: The Verge on December 6, 2017
Author: Mike Colias
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 30, 2017 (Online)
Summary: General Motors Co. said the robotaxi service it is developing could potentially eclipse the profits it earns in the core automotive business within a decade.
Author: Greg Bensinger
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 29, 2017 (Online) and November 30, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Demands by a former Uber Technologies employee, who received $4.5 million in a settlement over his claims about the company’s secrecy measures, were ‘extortionist,’ a Uber attorney testified. The judge disagreed.
Author: Stu Woo
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 22, 2017 (Online)
Authors: Greg Bensinger, Robert McMillan
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 21, 2017 (Online) and November 22, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Uber Technologies on Tuesday revealed it paid hackers $100,000 in an effort to conceal a data breach affecting 57 million accounts last year.
Author: William Boston
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 20, 2017 (Online) and November 21, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Volvo said it has agreed to supply Uber Technologies with a fleet of 24,000 self-driving taxis beginning in 2019—one of the first and biggest commercial orders for such vehicles.
Author: William Boston
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 17, 2017 (Online) and November 18, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Volkswagen plans to invest around $40 billion over the next five years to develop electric vehicles, self-driving cars and Uber-like mobility app services in the clearest sign yet that auto makers are betting the future of their industry on the new technology.
Author: Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 17, 2017 (Online) and November 18, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the company’s first all-electric semitrailer truck and a $200,000 super car, his latest attempt to stir excitement as the company struggles to mass-produce an affordable sedan.
Authors: Bob Tita, Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 15, 2017 (Online) and November 16, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will be pitching an unconventional idea to capture the imagination of investors even as his company is grinding through “production hell” with the Model 3 sedan.
Author: Michael Totty
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on November 13, 2017 (Online) and November 14, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Three experts offer their takes on the vehicle fleet of the future and how quickly it will change.
Author: Adam Dobrik
Publisher: Global Investigations Review on November 8, 2017
Authors: Chieko Tsuneoka, Sean McLain
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 31, 2017
Summary: Nissan said Japan sales in October tanked, affecting demand for the new Leaf electric car, thanks to a production shutdown and recall sparked by news the company improperly conducted final vehicle inspections.
Author: Adrienne Roberts
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 29, 2017 (Online) and October 30, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Mike Jackson, AutoNation CEO, explains how his company’s network can avoid becoming a commodity business.
Author: Peter Grant
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 24, 2017 (Online)
Summary: The approaching transportation revolution is going to have major repercussions in the commercial real-estate sector as driverless vehicles and ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft gain more widespread adoption.
Authors: Chester Dawson, Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 24, 2017 (Online)
Summary: Delphi Automotive said it has agreed to buy a self-driving car tech startup for $450 million, boosting the automotive supplier’s drive to bring autonomous vehicles to market by the end of the decade.
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 23, 2017 (Online) and October 24, 2017 (Print)
Summary: President Dan Ammann talks about what the company is doing and what the timetable is.
Author: John D. Stoll
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 22, 2017 (Online) and October 23, 2017 (Print)
Summary: After years spent in neutral, General Motors’ share price is springing to life as the company’s emerging-technology bets appear to be helping it shrug off its “dinosaur” image.
Author: Georgia Wells
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on Oct. 17, 2017 (Online)
Summary: GM plans to make the bulk of the systems that go into an autonomous car, a shift from its previous strategy that thrusts it into direct competition with tech giants.
Authors: Mike Colias, Tim Higgins
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on Oct. 17, 2017 (Online and Print)
Summary: GM plans to become the first company to test self-driving cars in New York City, a a move aimed at asserting leadership in the race to develop autonomous cars and a potentially important step toward commercializing the technology.
Authors: Alastair Gale, Chieko Tsuneoka
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on Oct. 9, 2017 (Online) and Oct. 10, 2017 (Print)
Summary: Japan is taking a leap in technology to keep its self-driving cars in their highway lanes, land delivery drones on matchbox-sized targets in the country, and potentially help destroy North Korean missile sites.
Author: Mike Spector
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 6, 2017 (online)
Summary: U.S. traffic fatalities surged nearly 6% last year, raising fresh concerns over impaired and reckless driving as Capitol Hill lawmakers weigh legislation to speed development of autonomous cars no longer needing human intervention.
Author: Stephen Wilmot
Publisher: Wall Street Journal on October 4, 2017 (Online)
Summary: Car stocks have been strong not because of hopes that sales growth can be maintained, but on optimism about the capacity of manufacturers to withstand—even benefit from—the disruptive forces of technology.
Author: Bill Vlasic
Publisher: The New York Times on August 25, 2017
Author: David Shepardson
Publisher: Reuters on August 8, 2017
Authors: Stephen Edelstein and Miles Branman
Publisher: Digital Trends on July 25, 2017
Author: Eileen Falkenberg-Hull
Publisher: U.S. News & World Report on April 27, 2017
Summary: A list of 11 reliable and affordable pickup trucks.
Authors: Nick Carey and David Shepardson
Publisher: Reuters on March 10, 2017
Author: Associated Press
Publisher: Los Angeles Times on February 27, 2017
Author: Department of Justice
Publisher: Department of Justice on January 11, 2017
Author: CBS / AP
Publisher: San Francisco CBS Local on October 25, 2016
Author: Walter E. Johnson
Publisher: Compliance and Ethics Professional on September 1, 2016
Summary: Several bills are pending
that focus on the automotive
industry; this may be an
indicator of what’s to come in
the near future.
Author: Meagan Parrish
Publisher: Manufacturing.net on August 11, 2016
Author: Walter E. Johnson, Frank Ruelas, and Cindy Hart
Publisher: Compliance and Ethics Professional on June 1, 2016
Summary:
Author: Department of Justice
Publisher: Department of Justice on February 2, 2016
Author: Dallas News
Publisher: Dallas News on September 2015
Author: Inc.
Publisher: on September 17, 2015
Author: Law360
Publisher: Law360 on November 18, 2014
Authors: Mike Spector, Joseph B. White, Mike Ramsey and Jeff Bennett contributed to the article.
Publisher: The Wall Street Journal on June 5, 2014
Authors: Brian Ross, Joseph Rhee, Angela M. Hill, Megan Chuchmach, and Aaron Katersky
Publisher: ABC News on March 19, 2014
Authors: Daniell Douglas and Michael A. Fletcher
Publisher: The Washington Post on March 19, 2014
Author: Todd Wasserman
Publisher: Mashable on March 19, 2014
Author: Staff
Publisher: F&I Magazine on September 26, 2013
Author: Stephanie Hoffman
Publisher: CRN on March 2, 2009
Author: IBS
Publisher: IBS in 2003 (Uploaded by Chris Jackson to www.scribd.com)
Summary: Automotive Industry Trends